Rhetorical Analysis On Medicine – The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly

Tylenol is a well-recognized brand and has established its trust and credibility with many of their customers. The Tylenol PM ad applies the three rhetorical appeals of logos, ethos, and pathos through its imagery and text. The advertisement appeals to ethos through its credibility as Tylenol is a well-known painkiller brand. Their slogan, “For what matters most,” assures their mission is to offer pain relief for its users and further induces trust in the audience.

The purpose of The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is to protect the health of America and to “promote the quality of life through the prevention and control of the disease, injury, and disability (CDC, 2013).” The CDC has a concern about a growing disease that is normally found in children to young adults called Attention- Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, also known as ADHD. This Rhetorical Analysis will be focused on ADHD. The CDC’s Website is trying to inform current or future patients, parents and care givers, and teachers on how to handle this illness.

"In the past two decades or so, health care has been commercialized as never before, and professionalism in medicine seems to be giving way to entrepreneurialism," commented Arnold S. Relman, professor of medicine and social medicine at Harvard Medical School (Wekesser 66). This statement may have a great deal of bearing on reality. The tangled knot of insurers, physicians, drug companies, and hospitals that we call our health system are not as unselfish and focused on the patients' needs as people would like to think. Pharmaceutical companies are particularly ruthless, many of them spending millions of dollars per year to convince doctors to prescribe their drugs and to convince consumers that their specific brand of drug is needed in

Drug abuse is already is a nationwide epidemic as it is but opioids abuse involves young adults and artist. The author Wade Berrettini provides examples and discusses the concern of famous individuals who have abused opioids and had lead to deaths. He presents a case of Prince and Philip Seymour Hoffman, died in the recent past of opioid overdoses, He defines the danger of opioids and types of medication that are under the opioids category. From reading the article, the author hopes to reach the minds of young artist and adults of those who are affected by this issues and hopefully spread awareness to help prevent this tragic. However, the author Wade Berettine his use of unsupported ethical, logos, pathos appeals doesn’t grab the attention of the reader to

Metaphors were another example of a rhetorical strategy used in the Great Influenza. Through metaphors Barry asserts that scientific research is similar to the way the crystals are formed. An example of a metaphor “...acts like a crystal to precipitate..” this is used to show how scientific research takes time to produce as such as crystals do. Crystals are connected to the wilderness described here because in the wilderness they are required to bring order to it and as they do this it acts like a crystal has been triggered to create form out of chaos. Another use of a metaphor is “Ultimately, if the researcher succeeds, a flood of colleagues will pave roads over the path laid, and those roads will be orderly and straight…” This metaphor

The findings of this survey showed that 73.6% agreed with the use of traditional medicines for health maintenance, 79.2% agreed for benign illness, such as colds or sprained ankles, and 90.3% agreed for palliative care (Zubek, 1994, p. 1926). Where they disagreed the most was with the use of traditional healing in the intensive care units, only 16.9% agreed with the use of this treatment for serious illness, such as cardiac or respiratory compromise, whether in the hospital (21.2% agreed) or as outpatients (26.4% agreed). Nearly half (48.6%) agreed with using traditional medicines for chronic illnesses, such as non-insulin dependent diabetes or Parkinson's disease (Zubek, 1994, p. 1926). One instance where physicians were unwilling to allow their patients to use Native medicine was while the patient is in the hospital, because the physician could be held legally responsible for any treatment administered while admitted under their care. There is also the problem of differentiating between legitimate Native healing practitioners and those who would take advantage of anyone not aware of the proper rituals and techniques that need to be performed (Zubek, 1994, p. 1929). This could be overcome by having a formalized licensing organization such as is used by Western practitioners (i.e. American Society of Clinical Pathology [ASCP]). That poses another problem though, as to whether traditionalists would be willing to have such an organization.

Brilliant author, John M. Barry, once proclaimed, “Uncertainty makes one tentative if not fearful, and tentative steps, even when in the right direction, may not overcome significant obstacles… It is the courage to accept—indeed, embrace—uncertainty” (Barry 3-5 & 9-10). These quotes can be traced back to John M. Barry’s passage of “The Great Influenza,” where he writes an account about the 1918 flu epidemic that struck the world. In his account, he goes into further explanation about the rigors and fulfillment of being a scientist, and simultaneously, discusses the tedious process of their research. Ultimately, society is educated that the life of a scientist should not be absolute, but it should consist of persistence and courage. In John M. Barry’s “The Great Influenza,” the author employs innovative metaphors and unique rhetorical questions to portray scientific research.

In modern medicine, alternative therapies are poorly understood and studied. The preference for alternative therapies, and herbal medicine were indicated, and the fear of relinquishing information regarding these practices were almost paralyzing. It seemed as though they were ashamed to admit to cultural healing practices, and did not divulge information to practitioners regarding their usage. The cultural disconnect was present as alternative/complimentary medicines are valued as a culture, and “modern” practitioners cast judgment on their usage. This perceived stigma additionally limited the information shared by the cultural participants with modern medical treatments, potentially causing additional harm, as some herbals are potentially toxic.

Would a busy, working mother rather lose weight by working out hard and eating healthy or simply by eating weight loss food? Medifast claims that by using their product consumers can lose two to five pounds per week for two weeks and one to two pounds over the duration of the remaining weeks. Medifast specifically targets middle-aged, middle class women who are interested in losing weight in a short amount of time. The Medifast print ad shows a small before and after picture of a middle-aged woman who appears to have lost sixty pounds on the bottom right corner. An excited and shocked looking little girl is the main focus of the ad, proving that she can’t believe the transformation. With bright, bold printing at the top of the page, the happy child, the before and after picture, and an opportunity to save money, Medifast promises to provide guidance, motivation, satisfaction, and one hundred dollars in savings.

“Sicko” is a documentary produced by Michael Moore that focuses on health care in America.The documentary provides an in depth understanding and analysis of the unceasing health care problems in America. Most of these problems result from the corruption present in the American health insurance industry. The message that Michael Moore is trying to get across to his audience is that of the immortality within the American health care system. Michael Moore is able to get his message across to the public by incorporating the three rhetoric techniques of logos, pathos, and ethos. He uses logos by comparing America’s health insurance to those of other countries,

Dr. Tieraona Low Dog, Fellowship Director, Arizona Center For Integrative Medicine explains how we want to expose clinicians to a broader way of seeing the patient a deeper understanding of healing and a larger toolbox from which to choose for therapies. She talks about how if patients were treated with different procedures such as acupuncture or holistic healing, we as consumers would not have to pay out so much on treatment. Procedures such as these would actually benefit us because we would not need to see doctors nearly as much as we do now, because we would not be “treating” the diseases with chemicals (pharmaceutical drugs) which have many side effects. Also, the pharmaceutical companies and insurance companies would never let this happen because then they would be out of money because people would not have to see their doctors nearly as much in hence means that these “cattle runners” would not be making the money they are.

Dr. James Marcum, a cardiologist at the Chattanooga Heart Institute in Tennessee claims, “Pharmaceutical drugs don’t heal people.” In fact, he states, “Much of the time they do more harm than good”(Milner). U.S. Citizens need to stop taking harmful pills and start using more natural, holistic healing methods. Everyone has probably used a pill before to relieve their pain, but there are healthier ways to feel just as good. According to the results of the National Health Interview Survey, “In 2012, 33.2% of U.S. adults used complementary health approaches”(What Complementary and Integrative Approaches Do Americans Use?). While some people believe conventional medicine is a better choice, it is clear that holistic healing can replace prescription drugs because they are more safe and effective than prescription drugs, and they are more practical in many ways.

When I call my doctor’s office for an appointment, I expected that they will welcome me with a nice smile and nice talk. I also expected that they will ask me any concern about my health that way the physician will know about my health. I also expected that ,I may wait at least 10 minutes when I got there because I use to go to my family doctor and I always punctual but they didn’t call me on time. Sometimes I waited them for at least 10-15 minutes. I believe some of the important questions should be asked of the patients will be the following: How long has this been going on for? Are you allergic to any medications? Do you have any non-medication allergies? How would you describe the pain? How did the pain start? What do you think made you

The Rise in Popularity of Alternative Medicine over Mainstream Medicine There is a growing phenomenon in the world which is very diverse and yet can be grouped collectively under a single name: alternative medicine. What this term basically represents is any health care that is not part of the mainstream medical establishment and it includes all such therapies form chiropractic to aromatherapy. Those that consume these medicines believe that being herbal they are not as invasive on the body as mainstream medicines are or cause as many drastic side effects and therefore the alternative medicines are becoming very popular. There is no specific day or year when alternative medicine was born,

Imagine this, you are severely sick and laying in the hospital bed with hopes that the doctor is going to come in anytime and tell you they know what is wrong and they have the treatment that is going to work for you. But instead they come in the room to tell you that they have done everything they can do and unfortunately there is no cure or treatment and there isn’t much more that can be done. Our society is dependent on the use of conventional medicine and does not realize the other possibilities for medical treatment, including alternative medicine. Alternative medicine is the traditional medicine that was used in the olden day, before we had these so called enhancements in the medical field. The truth is, there has been no